The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-07 00:00:00

WATERING PLA.CES-BOULOGNE. Wat, atc ring places, like empires, have their rise and fall— their ebb and flow—like the ocecn which has called them into being, and it would make a pretty chapter in a naval magazine to dip into their respective histories. There arc watering place s on land as well as on sea, but they go under or affect a different cognomen—Spas—evidently derived from that word which is constantly put in practice by land labb,:rs when rounding the North Foreland in a heavy "WI, or in crossing tie Channel when the wind and tide are playing at cross purposes for the diversion of the learned in such matters. No one goes to Gravesend now-a-days —even the dustmen, who take a Sunday's recreation in spite of Sir Andrew Agnew, turn up their noses at it. No ! they " goes" to Kcw and Vind ser to sec `VICTORIA. And as for Margate, the very cockneys have bolted from that sink of corruption like the wild fowl in fine weather. R imsgate, to be sure, is passable enough, if so many unfortunate children and short sighted people did not pass over the cliffs, and, as a conse quence, break their necks, which "accident" is always bushed up, " for fear it might prevent others from coming to the place," and thereby hurt the town. Such is the natural sympathy of the sea for the land-shark ! As for Dover, it is a fine place when there is a fleet in the Downs, but that will never be in our time, for England is no w at peace with all the world--smugglers excepted. Then, as for Brighton, the very beach is burnt up—and the coaches are shaking to pieces, in apprehension of the Rail way ; while the poor horses, like Othello, are mourning that their occupation is going befsme they are themselves gone. No, no, nobody goe:a to Brighton till the Court goes there—but everybe.;ty goes to Brighton over the water—BoutooNE, the Brighton of France! If you see a man with hi 7., hat in one hand and a band-box in the other running ,or his life, and ask him what o'clock it is ? you will be. answered in breathless ejaculation, " My God ! is the b oa t gone ?" — " What boat ?"--" What boat F 1 he will dart at you in scornful glance at your simplicity, and as ho dashes by, mutter " Bulone, t -0 be sure —every body goes to Bulone !" And so they do. The very cabs and hackneys, who have been idle half the day, and dozieg all night, brush up with the mornin g sun to hurry the brave gentlemen, sweet ladies, the ed wthaetedreig a dear calm, alto: creatures, creatures, who won't be sea-sick because all down to London Bridge and Nichol icn's VVlarf—just one minute lower down—the bill is very g Particul ar , and the coachman knows the way, but " can't fortetown, Ma'am !—" Can't get d own ! w h a t f or ?" " Wh y fhem ere wehicles what crowds the way all going to hoellisj)onaet, Sir !" re j o i ns coachee with cool indifference, hoping may be off that he may get a double fare. Talking of fares, why, the fare to Boulogne costs no more than ha ckney coach from Charing-cross to Nicholson's Wharf ! But the p r i ce i s far too low when we take into account that Nicholson boasts his tea is a specific against ;lea 1, a : --e ' n ess, and that we su p pose i s th e reason a ll t h e "` 3 ) in an i nterest i ng way, prefer his boat ! But all the biboats are excellent, and the captains as civil and jocular as u d and w eat h er will permit. In fact it has been remarked r a very knowin g observer that thei r w it a l ways b r i g h tens Its they near t h e s h ores of France—very probably in ent icipatio n of the cheap brandy. Nothing can be °lure cheering than the faces of all the happy pas iencera when, in a fine evening, their smiles reflect "hthe si tting bea ms o f t h e sun s i nk i ng in the western deep, is t as the boat is entering the harbour of Boulogne ! Th ose who never felt the spirit of poetry before, hug them eles with rapture at that moment—the very spirit heaves Wit hin, while they give a look back at the ugly swell be hind t h em! hAnd now for Boulogne I—" Thank God we are all safe ire at last!" she „ H l o e o r k e i s i s n t a i d i e aat the exclaimsr ou d h heights gh fondts of mother,in vasion.a s Plac e Whe re N e l son tr i e d to cut out t h e fl at- b ottomed ,xrt st o "---says another. " But did'nt succeed"—says a third. - ts , b y " Because they were chained to Me bottom I" "si:vlmhat are you looking at so eagerly with that long glass, Why the very spot on which Bonaparte stood : ° ig over to England the evening before the grand :: : r cY broke up."--." Do you mean that cliff there, 7 r? " -- -" Yes, th a t' s it."—" Well, I shall stand there . "Yself the very first thing to-morrow morning ! I would eve n Co to-night but for these Custom-house fellows." And so the busy hum of wonder and curiosity goes round on And fir s t visit to Boulogne. ut 0 in d epe n d ent l y o f i ts : memora bl e assoc i at i ons, Bou- Poss essea an i n fi n ity o f ot h er attract i ons pecul i ar to 10, itself, , t° c The p r i nc i pa l defect is in its streets, which seem ave been p ave d so l ely for the benefit of shoemakers, 'or the stones rise up in judgment against one another, like the backs of two terriers on the point of a friendly set-to. The bathing at Boulogne is far superior to that on the English coast, and much cheaper. One can bathe twelve times for five francs —that is some something less than 4id. each time ! with lots of French civility into the bargain. Besides the French affect a world of modesty in bathing. The ladies are allowed to do what they Please, but the gentlemen aro furnished by the femmes in Waiting, with certain indescribables, which put one in mind of Tam O'Shanter's famous Cutty Sark! The sight is more picturesque than satisfactory for the curious. Then as to provisions —cheapnes s is everywhere the Order of the day. Vegetables are so cheap, and fowls so Plentiful, that the English servants declare they must bo rotten, though some of the live cock chickens crow them out of countenance. But such is the force of habit—people ttat even reconciled to dear things. A pair of fowls, or wo pair of chickens, can be had for about a couple of shil ugs ; and as for bread, the very cheapness of that proves at once that there aro no Corn Laws in France to starve t he Poor. T here are numberless hotels with excellent accommoda ''lan--the p r i nc i pa l are the Hotel des Bains and Du Nord. Marshal Soult put up at the first, and had to pay about 30 1. fo r a new turkey carpet on which one of his suite spat a Mouthful of tobacco juice. The old gentleman was more "Rayed at the circumstance than if he had sacrificed 8,000 foes in honour of France. °lle of the most remarkable buildings in Boulogne is the GalleryGal l eryD'lT er l en, a modern erection, in which the visitor Meet s with the Pa!ais Royale in miniature. The spirited proprietor, M. D'Herlen has expended a large sum in embellishin g this favourite place of resort. It ex tends from the Rue Grande to the Rue des Vieillards, an d cont a i ns a great number of shops done up in tasteful variety. At night tho passage is lit up with l ooks verygas, brilliant and gay,— It forms, indeed, a beautiful arcade— From storms a shelter, and from suns a shade. Besides these advantages, the enterprising proprietor, Who i s withal a perfect gentleman for urbanity and Politeness, has constructed several suites of rooms capable of accommodating large families, and at very mo derate terms. It is a place well worthy the attention of visitors. A little further up is the Fort, the ramparts of Which are about a mile round, and pleasantly shaded by rows of trees. The view from these all over the country, and the 'ea, is v ery commanding and delightful, with the " Colonno " in the distance over the heights. Altogether Boulogne is a v ery desirable place for invalids as well as for those who Wish to improve their condition. When one is tired of the town, there is the country, un folding its varied charms ; and pic-nic parties m a y b e seen i? eve ry di rection, enjoying themselves among the rural 7 a l des, and d anc i ng as lightly as if the world knew no care. he °le pastimes vary the sojourn very agreeably, and afford althful recreation. We were present at one of these the other day, where all were happy save one prey young girl, turned away f rom the sport because her sweetheart w as in En g l an d , and could not partake of the " fun" that gladdened all around. She strayed among the trees. ---" Like melancholy musing maid, With pensive eye that loves the ground." ZBut there is hope for her yet, for her lover comes by the et Would advise all true lovers to go t o B ou l ogne and t --.....--, ........—_. ~ THE FATAL DUEL.Iti Vaux's " Rambles to Lac Pyrenees" there is a description of a dinner party at St. Sebastian, last September, to the following. effect :—" On the removal of the cloth a row of blushing decanters was ranged before the president, a young officer who was that evening unanimously voted to the chair, from his felicitous pe eUliarity in guarding the guests against empty glasses, and Inaintaining, at the same time, a constant flow of original met% timent liot, then ; his and, certainly-, never did p res id ent more ably dis charge uties." The president, on t hi s occasion, was Mr. . ebastia a lieut enant o f lancers in the Legion, the survivor S in this dunel.who At creelth same time there were two officers in St w imping about on crutche s , f rom the ef fects o f wounds received in duels with the same Mr. Eliot . COURT CIRCULAR. ‘, WINDISok 1 -1 2:t7itSDA Y.—Yesterday aftereKii, at half-past six q 4 .!titeic, the King and Queen of nelOium arieitied at the Castle. Their Majesties Wert atcompanied by the following suite :—Count d'Arschot, M. Van de Weyer, Baroness Hoog hoorPt, Li - eut.. General Goblet, and M. Van Praet. The Queen has not rode out tki-diiy lh ebnSequence of the damp and unsettled state or the weather. The Hon. Misses Paget and Hanson succeeded the Hon. Misses Pitt and Murray as Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Royal dinner party this evening will include the fol lowing personages —The King and Queen of Belgium, Duchess of Kent, Prince Schwartzenberg, Prince Windish Gratz, Baroness Lehzer La Marquise d'Hurcourt, Earl of Albemarle, and Viscount Palmerston (who arrived last night), Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, M. Van de Weyer, Count d'Arschot, Count Erdody, M. Van Praet, Lieut.-Ge neral Goblet, Lord and Lady Portman, Lady Mary Stopford, Baroness Hooghoorst, Lady Forbes, Hon. Misses Paget and Hanson, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Falkland, Sir W. Lum ley, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Hon. C. A. Murray. The Queen will hold n Privy Council at two o'clock this afternoon at Windsor Cattle. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Schluter, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, came to town yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Earl of Albemarle left his residence at Hampton Court on Wednesday on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chancel lor of the Exchequer's Office, in Downing-street. The Turkish, Russian, French, and Austrian Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Sir George Villiers transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Viceroy from the Imaun of Muscat transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Bishop of Nuva Scotia transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Department. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign De partment for the British Charge d'Affaires at Madrid and Lisbon. Despatches were yesterday forwarded from the Foreign Department for the British Ambassadors resident at the Cuurts of Brussels and the Hague. Despatches were forwarded yesterday, from Downing-street, for Lord Palmerston, at Windsor. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for the British Ambassadors resident at the Courts of Vienna and Berlin. Despatches for Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, were received yesterday morning at the Colonial Office. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Colonial Department for Lord Durham, the Governor- General of the Canadas, and for the officers administering her Majesty Go vernment in the British Dependencies in North America. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Middleton, at Thomas's Hotel, from Pepper Harrow ; Captain and Miss Inge, at ditto, from the Isle of Wight; T. West, Esq., Mrs. West, and Miss West, at the Berners Hotel, from Derby ; Captain Squires and Mrs. Squires, at ditto, from the Isle of Wight ; Captain Paget, at ditto, from Edinburgh; Mrs. and Miss Sawbridge, at Mar shall Thompson's Hotel, from Kent ; J. Scudamore, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; 0. Shea, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent; J. Ward, Esq., and Mrs. Ward, at ditto, from Waterhouse ; J. Wilson, Esq., and Miss Wilson, at ditto, from Leeds; Mrs. W. W. Brown, at ditto, from Worthing; Lord and Miss Foley in Portman-square; Colonel Doyle in Arlington-street; Baron and Baroness Rehausen in Clarges street ; Lord Reay in St. James's-place; Lord Maitland in Pall-mall ; Dowager Countess of Scarborough in Portman square; Sir Henry Pigot, Bart., in Wilton-crescent; Count Pollon in Half Moon-street ; Mr. Wombwell in Grosvenor place ; Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart., in Great Cumberland place; Colonel Stanhope in Grosvenor-place; Mrs. Ray mond in New Norfolk-street; Colonel and Mrs. Barnard at the Bath Hotel ; the Ladies Greville in Chesterfield-street, May-fair; Mr. Wardour in Bryanston-square ; Mr. Saint Quintin, in Bruton -street, Berkeley-square; Mr. and Mrs. Oriel in Park-street ; Mr. F. Byng in Pall-mall. DEPARTURES. „--. The Dowager Lady Melville and Miss Dundas for Scot land; Mr. Hugo Mildmay for The Grange, in Hampshire; Sir James and Lady Fitzgerald on a tour ; Lady Davy for Sussex ; Mrs. and Miss M'Gregor for Brighton ; Lord George Loftus on a tour ; Sir Walter and Lady James, from the seat of Lord Strafford, for Amwell Park, in Hertford shire; Mr. and Mrs. James Morier on a tour; Lady Ash brooke and Miss Flower for Buckinghamshire ; Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart., for Normanby Hall, in Lincolnshire; Miss Cornewall and Miss Devereux on a tour ; Major Cadogan for Northumberland ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, from Cumberland street, Portman-square, for Guildford Lawn, Dover; Mrs. M. Fielding and Mrs. Hicks, from Somerset-street, for Wo burn House, Beaconsfield ; Mr. and Mrs. Barlow Hoy and family, from Thomas's Hotel, for Southampton ; the Rev. G. L. Glynn and Mrs. Glynn, from the Berners Hotel, for Glamorgan; Miss Wynne, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for the Continent; James Bennet, Esq., from ditto, for Glou cester; the Rer. M. Drake, from ditto, for Dover; J. Sen house, Esq., from ditto. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN BORRESPONDENT. ROY AL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. SEPT. 1, A.M.—The Antelope cutter, Col. Markham, from Dublin and Beaumaris. Light Breeze N. W. SEPT. 3, 7 P.m.—The Corsair cutter, Geo. Bentinck, Esq., from Cherbourg. Light breeze W. S. W. SAILINGS. AUG. 30, 2 P.m.—The Eudora cutter, Rd. W. Cooper, Esq., for Cork. Strong breeze N. N. W. SEPT. 1, 1 r.m.—The Hebe cutter, A. W. Corbet, Esq., for Southampton, left for the season. Seri. 2, 3 P.M.—The Antelope cutter, Col. Markham, for Rochester. Light breeze W. S. W. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. CUTTERS. —The Ann, Vampire, Alarm, Lord of the Isles. Elizabeth, Emerald, Petrel, Breeze, Rein Deer, Medora, Psyche, Albatross, Naiad, Forest Fly, Sapphire, Sultana, Union, Noran, Corsair, Cynthia, Columbine, Fanny, Zebra, and Blue Eyed Maid. S C HOONERS. The Norna, Merlin, Janette, Mischief, and Royalist. NEWPORT. The Reformers of the Isle of Wight are blamed for not serving notices of objection on the fictitious voters of the Tories, but the Reformers generally are not blameable, tl,B fault was not their's ; they gave notices to their Committees, the District Committee sent them to the Central, the Cen:ral will perhaps tell us the rest ; we know there are numbers who have not the qualification they state, very honourable per sonages doubtless, only they want to take what does not belong to them, and what they know they have not the shadow of a right to. The Duke of Orleans is expected at the camp of St. Omer in the course of the next fortnight, to be present at some grand Reviews. _ _ _ His Grace the Duke of St. Alban's and party during last week were busily engaged in sporting in the vicinity of Locheubreck Well, though we have not heard of the degree of their success; and we understand that they were to dine with the Countess of Selkirk, at St. Mary's Isle, on Saturday. We may also state that the Earl of Selkirk, like many other of the magnates of the three kingdoms, is at present in the north, and engaged in grouse shooting.—Dumfries Times. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and family, Mr. Goulburn, and other fashionables left London yesterday morn ing by the Antwerp Company's steam-ship Princess Victoria. The Company's packet Antwerp arrived yesterday, after a passage of twenty hours. Lady Charlotte Denison and family, and many other fashionables were on board. The Earl of Chesterfield arrived from the Isle of Wight on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday left town for Derbyshire. Yesterday morning the Countess and her son, Lord Stanhope, left Chesterfield 'louse to proceed by the raikoad to Derby. Lord Castlereagh came up and went down with Lord Chesterfield. They will pass a few days at Bretby Hall, and then cross the country to the shooting lodge at Godling. The Queen has been graciously pleased, by an Order in Council, to confirm the Mowing recommendation of the Church Commissioners, for dividing the populous parish of St. Sidwell, in the city of Exeter, into two districts : " Your Majesty's Commissioners beg to represent to your Ma jesty, that having taken into consideration all the circum stances attending this parish, it appears to them to be expe dient that the said parish should be divided into two ecclesias tical districts, under the 21st section of the Act of the 58th George 111., and that one of the said districts should be as signed to the chapel called St. James's Church, for the pur pose of affording accommodation for attending Divine service to the persons residing in the said district, and for enabling the spiritual person serving the said chapel to perform all eccle siastical duties within the district attached to the said chapel, and for the due ecclesiastical superintendence of such district, and the preservation and improvement of the moral habits of the persons residing therein.—Church Commission-office, Sept. 3." The contemplated marriage between Viscount Com bermcre and Miss Gibbings, the wealthy Brighton heiress, will be solemnised, it is understood, early in the ensuing month. The Noble and Gallant Lord arrived at Thomas's Hotel on Monday, from Combermere Castle, Cheshire, to make final arrangements for the union. His Lordship has been a widower about three years, and has one daughter unmarried, the Hon. Meliora Cotton. His Lordship's eldest daughter is married the Earl of Hillsborough. It has been stated that the late melancholy paralytic attack suffered by the Earl of Derby occurred at a moment when his Lordship was excited—this is not the fact. In the morning of the day or. which the Noble Earl was afflicted, he was observed not to walk with his uswil strength and steadi- Silence upon 'the subject was, of course, observed, irom a feeling of delicacy ; but the gentleman who made the observation carefully followed his Lordship, and directed ser vants to be in near attendance. After walking through the pheasantry, the Earl was silently on his return to the house, when a person thus placed on the watch remarked his Lord ship to totter anti fall. The Noble Earl was immediately raised, and had all the assistance that the most affectionate vigilance could afford. On Tuesday night he was much better than at any previous period since the attack. ness, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SP MEMBER 7, 1838, SANE-LIJNATICS, TnE HARVEST. !TO 1-,HE, _EDITOR OF 771 F SUN, is the opinion of a gi'eai number of persons that the case of Richard Paternoster (the supposed family-made lunatic) should not be lost sight of, for the very essence or the fret , Constittition pf Ptir eog.titry appears to be quenched by the uffiuenee his oppieSiOr6l It certainly is due to the public that his powerful relations should satisfy them that the law, in their hands, has not been an engine of wanton persecution. The general impression seems to be that the power of the law has been exercised for the purpose of getting the supposed lunatic out of the way, and to immure him i n th e reces ses o f a mad-house—f rom w hi ch, as from the d ungeons o f t h e I nqu i s iti on , no effective a pp ea l can be made. y~.~_ By this olorni.ag's post we have received the subjoined intel ligence There is no doubt that the haKest is laic tati there fore hazardous; that even if the weather be favourable ;or §otrie seeks that a considerable portion of the growing crops arc very precarious, awl especially in th e hill y di str i cts ; that in the noPtlit•rn ritt of the island, and the high districts of Scot land, there is no prospect of thei - e L'e?n , * averaFe crop, and especially in the latter there is much reason to fear iiidt ti con r„;:tion of the crops must be used as green food for: sideran . . cattle. Whether corn Win n;,7,!etain something like its present high price depends upon the yield of too sheaves when they come under the flail, and tile f r oicigri supply. The most expe ienced farmeig are not unfrequently much deceli'cd some imes their expectations are greatly . surpassed, and at others 'hey are as much disappointed: We hope for the last, but he country should, as far as possible, tin a suiject of such vast importance, be prepared for the Vragt.-- , Derby Reporter. Such another week as the last will effectually set the wheat harvest free from danger. One half of the crop it is calcula ted is safely housed, and a week or ten days more of the late brilliant weather will do the same for the most backward parts of the kingdom.—Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. The harvest will become general in the course of a few days. Wheat is said to be a rather coarser sample this season, in consequence of having had so little sun, but it will be about an average crop. Oats and barley look uncommonly well, and are considered above an average crop, and of excellent quality.—Doncaster Gazette. The few days we have had of fine weather has produced a great change in the crops. In certain situations the beautiful yellow tint has made its appearance, particularly in the bar ley. The wheat generally stands up well and is firmly topped ; there is no doubt that a little time of fine weather would ripen and secure a very abundant produce. Already oats are beginning to be cut in the neighbourhood of Doncaster. Sa turday being so remarkably fine, in comparison with the changeable weather we have had, a favourable change for the consumer took place in Doncaster market. Wheat fell 25., and in some cases 35 , a load.—Sheffield Iris. We are happy to say that the accounts of the harvest are of a most favourable kind. Whether as regards quantity or qua lity, the results, by the mercy of a kind Providence, are likely to be greatly satisfactory.—Bath Chronicle. The cold, and wet weather which prevailed during most of last week could not fail to have an injurious effect upon the crops ; but, note ithstanding these drawbacks, the business of the harvest is new proceeding rapidly, and we feel warranted by all we hear in repeating the conclusion at which we before arrived, that the crop of wheat this year will be about an average one. A considerable breadth of corn is cut, and no thing is now required but a continuation of fine weather to enable the farmers to secure in good condition the " golden grain" with which the land is teeming. Let speculators and free-trade theorists say whatever they may about a supposed scarcity of food, we confidently maintain that there will be no deficiency in the yield of wheat this autumn, a fact which is doubly cheering at this time when the King of Prussia has po sitively prohibited the exportation of grain from his dominions: we wish success to the loom and the sail, but we still say " Speed the plough."—Boston Herald. SCOTLAND. —What has been reported of the most of the English and Irish districts of late, applies, with a very little difference to our own locality. We have been blessed with a favourable season of dry, and sometimes powerfully warm weather, which has had an uncommon effect upon the fields in all directions. Ou Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday, about mid-day, we were visited with a strong shower, on each occa sion, accompanied with several loud claps of thunder. We had a protracted drizzling shower the whole of yesterday, which has operated, we are inclined to thing, with no disad vantage to the grossing crops. It is generally remarked that fewer Irish have been seen here at this season than used to be the case in search of harvest work. Several bands of reapers from the North have been arriving for some days past by the steamers, but have, probably, gone far south, as there has been nothing doing in the cutting pro cess within our bounds, except hero and there a few fields of barley. Indeed, taking an exalted view of the whole county of Edinburgh, from cast to west, every thing appears rather green. Wheat, except in very strong rich soil, is in the same condition, although abundantly heavy and promising a full average crop. It is expected that our harvest will be com menced ;n good earnest in ten days or so, when a goodly pro portion of the crops shall have put on the golden hue of ripe ness and harvest maturity. From all we can learn the harvest is not looked for on the high border districts of the county for at least four weeks, being generally a-week or two behind the harvest season in the lower and level districts in our own neighbourhood. The potatoes, except in a few situations, are looking remarkably well.—Scottish Pilot. EAST. LOTIIIAN—( From the •Scotsman.)—The weather throughout the month has been suitable for the cleaning and manuring of the summer fallow, and the occasional showers have been rather beneficial to the growth of turnips, potatoes, and pasture grass ; yet on the whole the temperature has been cold and ungenial, and by no means favourable to the filling and ripening of the grain crops, which are conse quently about two weeks later than in ordinary seasons. Harvest, however, commenced partially eight days ago, by cutting barley in some early sheltered situations, but general shearing will not begin before the end of next week. Wheat and oats are this year later than the barley. Notwithstand ing, however, the backwardness of the season, it is satisfac tory to state, that, with the exception of those on very wet bottomed soils, the crops generally still promise to be abund ant, if the weather proves favourable to their being safely secured in the stackyards If, as it certainly appears to be, that the poor man is not insane—l ask this question—What is the difference between the operation of the abhorred laws of the Inquisition of Spain, and that of our laws respecting suppo - ed limatics? There is no difference. Bigotry used to sway the former ; and property and respectability ru'ei the latter. Sordid relatives—interested medical rren—biassed magis trates—mad-house keepers and drugs —can at any time effect the. seclusion from society for life of any victm upon wht,m they may choose to operate.—l am, Sir, yLurs, Sept. 6, 1838. " PROBIJS." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL — ' S—YzsrzaDAr. THE ST. LEGER.. The absence of many of its usual ;i;itors at 'Warwick races occasioned the room yesterday to be thinly attended; the bet. tine, however, although dull enough in amount, was of some little interest, inasmuch as it enabled lon to recover the lead from Don John. Cobham also improved, 9to 1 having at one time been taken in good quarters; a point more was betted towards the close. Alzira and Grey Momus were not in any force, while Pucelle, backed freely at Warwick, rose to 15 to I, taken, but not generally. Nothing; done on Albemarle or Appleton Lad, whose supporters have disappeared alt oget h er. A solitary bet of 1,000 t o 23 w as l ai d against Saintfoin. Closing prices 3 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken l 0 to 3 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ibn John 9 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanereost—ta'ien 10 to 1 agst Sir. Coombes's Cobham—taken 13 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Monies 15 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—taken 40 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin—taken INVERNESS.— The weather in this quarter is very cold, and the crops in consequence arc backward. In a late visit to the surrounding districts, both in this county and in Ross, but few appearances of approaching harvest met our eyes. Barley is considerably a-head, and some extensive farmers expect to commence shearing it next week. The instances, however, are, we fear, " few and far between." We need very much dry and warm weather. Although general harvest has not yet begu n h ere , severa l persons e been cutting down. A. Hunter, Esq., Doon h om, mn r i . ence d c utting wheat on Tuesday last, a s a l so did Mr. Dugan , at Large, near Ayr—a sample of the latt er , o f exce ll en t quality, may be seen at our office. On all the sur rounding farms mere or l e ss h as been cut. To-day, how ever, we have almost constant rain, which has put a tempo rarystop to harvest work. Turnips , we are glad to learn, haVe o nsiderably improved with the late rains.--Ayr Observer. lco hate 110mA:sp.—Still the weather continues as favourable as could be desired, and considerable progress has been made in harvest operations in three out of four Provinces. From all parts of the cou ntr y the accou nts are exceedingly gratifying ; heat, especially i n h eavy so il s, had suffered although tl y hree weeks of th e past month, the present dry and drgae.inttilail°e weather has restored the healthy appearance of the crops, and th ere is now a fair prom ; se of an abundant harvest. The only exc eption is wheat, which will h e a s h ort crop and indifferent in q ualit y in man y p l aces ; but generally speaki ng , eve n wheat will y ield a pretty fair average ; an d we l earn, w i t h great pleasure , that this most impo r t an t port i on of the crops is likely to reach the granary in m uc h b etter condition than had been apprehended. With respe c t to oats and b ar l e y, there will be a f ull average, and of potat oes t h ere will be as abu ndant a cro p as has been wi tnessed for several y ears . —Cork Reporter. TIIE HAGUE, SEPT. 4—A letter from Odessa of the begin ning has the following particulars corn-trade at that port : have orders for corn from Leghorn, because the in har vest Tuscany is not so good as last, thot.gh that w as not suf ficient for the consumption of the country. The corn which we have here is damp, and there is no means of drying it, on account of the continued rains which we have had since the spring. The weather has had also a very unfavourable effect on the crops of the Polish provinces and Bessarabia. In the warehouses of Odessa there are now 250,000 chetwerts or soft corn, 40,000 chetwerts of hard corn, 35 000 chetwerts of oats, 30,000 chetwerts of barley, 8,000 chetwerts of rye, and 30,000 chetwerts of maize. The price cf soft corn is, according to the quality, from 12 to 17 rubles per chetwert ; hard corn from 10 to 15, rye from 73 to 8. There is some demand from England for linseed, and there is but little on hand, last year's produce being nearly exhausted ; but the approaching crop will be very abundant, if the weather improves ; the price is from 19 to 20 rubles per chetwert. . --- ;111erino wool is not in request ; there is some demand for the inferior descriptions for France and England. Tallow is in demand for the autumn. The price has re mained firm at 12 rubles per pood. There are only 150 hogs heads on hand."—Dutch Paper. Never was Keswick known to be 90 completely filled with company as at present. During last week no less than six titled personages ( Earls and Lords) paid a visit to this in teresting town, most of whum could not be accommodated at the head inns; but as there are five or six other inns where every comfort and convenience may be had, some of these Noble personages and their attendants took up their abode in these comfortable establishments.—Cumberland Pacquet. The General Steam Navigation .Company's packet, the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house, yesterday, at 2 P. Yesterday morning, as a gentleman named Shelding was proceedin over Westminster B r id ge i n a cab, one of the wheels cane off, and the vehicle fell on its side. The cabman and Mr. Shelding were thrown upon the pavement with great violence. The former escaped with a few slight contusions, but the latter was picked up in a state of insensi bilitY, and instantly conveyed to the hospital, where he lies in a dangerous state. Yesttrtlay ,five pickpockets, who had been attempt ing to carry on their calling in-Bartholomew Fair, were com mitted to Bridewell from Guildhall. HoP PICKING.—A number of handbills were Posted yesterday afternoon in the Borough-market and the neighbourhood to the effect that hop picking would not be general until the 18th instant; and also, in consequence of their being small and scarce, there would not be employment for many hundreds who would go into Kent. A " inquest was held yesterday at St. George' s Hospital on t h e b ody of a yout h o f t h e name o f Tidbury, late in the employment of a farmer in Berkshire. It was proved in evidence that the unfortunate lad had been employed; in turnin g an oil-cake mill on his master's premises, when one of his hands became entangled in the machinery and was dreadfully crushed. He was removed to the hospital, where he :died of lock jaw, the result of the injury to the hand. There was no blame attached to any person connected with the machine, the lad himself having urgently requested to be allowed to assist in turning it. Verdict—" Accidental death." LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTIR CUP. 3to 1 agst the three years old ; 3to 1 agst Harkaway, 4to 1 agst Beeswing, Bto 1 agst The Doctor, 9to I agst Melbourne, 12 to 1 agst Slashing Harry, and 12 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff. WARWICK RACES.— WZDATESDA r. The Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. Mile heats The winner to be sold for 100 sovs„ &c. Mr. F. King's b. m. Surprise, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b Sly 1 1 Mr. Wilson's ch. c. Metal, 4 yrs, Bst. 131 b 3 2 Mr. Tomes's b. f. Eliza, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b 2 dr Won easy. The Warwick Cup, in specie, by Subscribers of 10 sovs. each. Four miles. 13 Subs. Mr. G. Cookes's br. h. Red Rover, aged, 9st. 51b Marlow 1 Mr. T. Coleman's b. h. Calmuck, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b Mr. Tomes's gr. g. Isaac, aged, 9st. 31b Capt. Lamb's ch. c. Chit Chat, 4 yrs, Bet. 31b ............ Won by about three lengths. The Borough Members' Plate of 50 sovs. Two mile heats, Mr. Johnson's b. h. by Robin Hood, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b. (Dar ling) Sir. Carter's b. m. Creusa, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Mr. Stanley's ch. m. Genevieve, aged, Bst. 111 b.. First heat, a good race ; second, won easy. The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Two mile heats 2 dr 5 Subs. Mr. Shirley na. b. g. Single-peeper, 4 yrs, lOst. llb (Dar ling) Mr. Stephenson's ch. g. Truo Blue, aged, 12st. 7lb ...... 3 2 Capt. Lamb's b. g. Shepherd, by Memnon, 5 yrs, list. 41b 2 3 Won easy. BETTING AT WARWICK ON TILE ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—taken 4 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost 10 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 12 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus 17 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle-1S to 1 taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken HEATON PARK MEETING. ACCEPTANCES. The Heaton Park Stakes, with 100 added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft. 'Mile and a half. 21 paid fOrfeit. Mr. Antrobus na. Harkaway, 4 yrs, 9st. 21b ; Mr. Brunton na. Slashing Harry, 4 yr s , B s t. 101 b ; L or d W es t m i ns t er ' s Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b ; Lord Eglinton's Black Diamond, 5 yrs, Bst , . 61b ; Mr. C. Sheridan na. D arn l ey , 4 yrs, B st ; L or d Ch es t er field s Mayflower, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b; Mr. Houldsworth na. Rachel, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b; Mr. Justice na. Golden Drop, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b; Mr. Traf ford na. Wee Willie, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b ; Lord Stanley's Ole Bull, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b ; Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, 4 yrs, 7st ; Mr. Lyni na. Harpurhey. 3 yrs, 6st. 13th; Mr. Osbaldeston's Fairy Queen, 3 yrs, 6st. 4th. AQUATICS. WAPPING REGATTA.—The seventeenth annual regatta sub cribed to by the inhabitants of Ahlgate, St. John's, Wapping, and St. George's-in-the-East, took place yesterday, and at.. forded a very excellent day's sport. The prizes on this occa sion were liberal, consisting of a new skiff, value 251., for the first men, 41. for the second, 31. for the third, '2l. 10s. for the fourth, 21. for the fifth, and 11. lOs. for the last boat. The match was with twenty-four pair of sculls, two pair in each boat, and comprised the watermen of the above extensive parishes. It was in five heats, the men being entered thus:— First heat.—W. Irish, Wapping New Stairs, and IL Wil son, King Edward Stairs, yellow ; J. Griffin, Wapping Old Stairs, and T. Ilood, Alderman Stairs, green; J. Elli ss, Wapping New Stairs, and R. Young, Alderman Stairs, orange. _ _ _ Second heat.—W. Bridges, Union Stairs, and J. Barge nal, Wapping Old Stairs, blue; J. `Vickers, Wapping Dock Stairs, and J. Williams, King Edward Stairs, red ; J. Church, Hermitage Stairs, and J. Corson, Hermitage Stairs, pink. The distance was to start from St. Katharine's Dock, row round a vessel moored off New Crane Stairs and back. It is unnecessary to go into a detail of each succeeding heat, in which there were two or th ree o f th e b oats swamped, and which occupied so great a length of time that the fifth and grand heat was rot started .until after seven o'clock. Blue and orange as the winners of the fourth were the men left to contend tar the first and second prize. In the start, whi c h took place long before many imagined the preceding heat to be over, they both went away together, but blue in a few minutes got the lead, and although the other boat was fre quently up to it could not row by. Blue won by about seven lengths a-head. The match was any thing but well conducted. HUNGERFORD REGATTA.—The annual rowing match for a coat and badge and money prizes, amongst the young water men at Hungerford Stairs took place on Wedneeday. Th e subscriptions were very considerable, and the donors were the ladies and gentlemen inhabitants of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, aided very considerably by the tradesmen in Hungerford market. The contest was with six pairs of sculls in three heats, the two first men of the first and the two first men of the second being allowed to start for the third and grand heat. The distance in the first and second heat was to start from buoys moored off Hungerford Stairs, row round Lucas's barge road, down round the police-ship, up round the pier of West minster-bridge, and down to Hungerford Stairs. The following were the competitors :—Joseph Chatley, blue ; William Tomson, orange ; James Woods, pink ; Francis Eagan, green : T. Russel, yellow; and R. Tomlinson, red. The first heat was won by blue and orange, and the second by green and red. At half-past six these four started for th e grand heat, to row from Hungerford Stairs down round the police ship, up round Westminster FrAge, back to the police thip, and finish at Hungerford. Green took the lead, closely followed by blue, red being last. They rounded the flag-boat in this order, and immediately afterwards the first two boats fuuled each other, and red rowed right by them, taking the first place, which he maintained, winning by half a dozes lengths. The match was well rowed, and the river front of the market and the terrace were crowded rt ith spectators. The Duke of Bedford was among the few fashion ables in Hyde.park yesterday. The muster did not exceed a dozen fashionable equipages, among which were two fours in-hand. ___ _ --- --- Lord and Lady Bateman have left their scat, Shoh ben Court, Leominster, for Cheltenham, where his Lordship is staying for the benefit of his health. The Hon. James Abercromby, the Speaker of the House of Commons, arrived in Edinburgh yesterday week, but left the following day for Invernesshire.—Edinburgh Adver tiser, Sept. 4. Major Warburton has retired from the onerous situa tion which he has so long filled in the Irish Constabulary, and has been succeeded by Lieutenant- Colonel Holmes, one of tho Provincial Inspectors, and formerly Military Secretary at Malta. Captain Brownrigg, son to the late General Brownrigg, Sub-Inspector of the county Dublin, has been ap pointed Provincial Inspector, vico Holmes. MASTER BETTY, THE YOUNGER.—Wedne sda y evening, Mr. Henry Betty, son of W. H. W. Betty, Esq., the once celebrated" Young Roscius," made his first appear ance at our theatre as Selim, the same as that in which his father burst upon the theatrical world in 1804. The per formances were under the patronage of the stewards of the races, and the aedience, though not very numerous, was highly respectable and select. Mr. Betty, who is apparently about 20 years old, possesses every natuial requisite for the stage — namely, a tall and graceful figure, an expressive countenance, and a clear and distinct enunciation. Many parts of his performance j i o r. m and dng Mrs. actor, were mach and d eserve dl y app l au d ed ; an d hi s faults were such as will wear o ff w i t h exper i ence. H e i s a ltogether a r : i n ii d ng w to as n , , on as t o hi t s hm oc a c n as a io n n d , azbily,hsiruap.porAtet thedby fall of the curtain the applause was general Mr. Betty ap peared again on Th urs d ay and Friday in popular characte rs, and conclud e d hi s engagement on Saturday night.—llerefurd Journal. As the King and Queen of the Belgians and their suite were passing through Camberwell on Wednesday, on their way to Wi n d sor C astle, in six carriages and four, one o f the horses stumbled, and the postillion was in consequence thrown off, and severely injured by being trampled upon. lie was carried to a house in the neighbourhood, where, direc tions of Lord Tor r i ngton, who was in the carriage, every at tention was paid to hi m . li e is now much Letter. NATIONAL GALLERY. —Notice has been issued , stating that the Gallery w ill b e closed on the 15th inst., un til , the 29th of October. by LORD JOHN E,LE,4 AND THE - 4 IRISH 10.-i --- by The subjoined correspondence has been forwarde:.! td " our Dublin Correspondent. The coil and difrnified re'LAc unteyed in Lord John liugseli's letter is capital : " Constrtfative Society House. 19, Dawson-street, Augu't. 1 ti 3 8. "My LORD—I hive the lionovr of this day forwarding to you, as Secretary of State for the flome Dopartment, the ac. companying address from the Irish Metropolitan Conservative to her Majesty the Queen, the signatures to which amount to p#ayiog that her Majesty will be pleased to rccal the Marquis from the Government of Ire land. I have to request that your im-rdif)ip will present same, at your earliest convenience, to her Majesty, I have the honour to be your Lordship's malt obedient, humble servont, " ISAAC BUTT, Honorary Secretary. " The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c., Sic." " Whitehall, Sept. 1, 1838. " cm directed by Lord John Russell to inform you, that tic has not failed to lay before the Queen the address of the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Sf:ciety, praying her Maje!oy to b^ pleased to recal the Marquis of Normanby from the Government. of Ireland, which accompanied your letter of the •.;Bth instant. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Isaac Butt, Esq. " S. M. PHILLIPS." THE EXPERIMENTAL ASCENT OF THE NASSAU BALLOON ON TUESDAY. MR. GREEN'S NARRATIVE. It will be rementi;eciWOur readers that what is terme: l " double ascent" of balloons took place on Tuesday last from Vauxhall gardens, when considerable astonishment was created amongst those who viewed the progress of the aerostatic ma chines at the different courses the two floating bodies struck into shortly after they had left the spot whence they had started. Even to the spectator that fact bore ample proof of the existence of varied currents of air, although the substance operated upon at first appeared to be moving at nearly equal elevations. The results to which the voyage as affecting the Nassau balloon has led, and the different effects to which it was subject during the journey, we have been kindly fa. voured with by Mr. Green, to whom the science of aeroata tion is more deeply indebted than to any individual who has before made that peculiar branch of discovery a study. It will, by a careful perusal of the account, be seen that effects hitherto unobserved were produced, and with minute accu racy marked by the ±hree travellers, but by neither of them with more avidity or with more anxiety thaNby Mr. Rush, from whose memoranda a great ruportion of the particulars have been furnished. Independent of 0:f details contained in Mr. Green's version, th a t gen tl em a n an d Spencer have informed us that, after they had " o'crtopped" their i nnonent, the appearance it present e d was th a t of a larg e body . si.!Tl mingalong the surface of the earth, although a portion o f th a t time it was as far therefrom as 4,000 feet. Since their arrival in town, the same parties have been told that the Nassau bal loon was visible to the eye of the gazer for an hour after it had quitted the gardens. It is clear, then, such being the case, the balloon must have been seen in London when it had reached a distance of 30 miles from the metropolis. Mr. Green's narrative is as follows : " My ascent on Tuesday last from Vauxhall-gardens in the great Nassau balloon was in company with Mr. Edward Spencer and Mr. Rush, of Elscuham-hall, Essex, who had intimated to me his desire to make an ascent of considerable elevation, with a view of ascertaining the greatest al4tude that could with safety be attained with three persons in - the car ; and further, to ascertain the changes of temperature that would take place at different elevations, as well as the variations of the currents of air, and finally, to establish the important fact as to whether the same difficulties existed with regard to respiration in a very rarified atmosphere by persons ascending with a bal loon to any great altitude, as have been felt and described by persons who have ascended lofty mountains. " Ever since I constructed the Nassau balloon I have had a strong desire to set these questions at rest, and I therefore feel great pleasure in being able to communicate to the public (through the medium of your Journal) the result of our expe riments, extracted from our minutes out of Mr. Rush's note book, and which were made by him at short intervals during the progress of our ascent and descent. " We left the earth at twenty-five minutes before seven p. m. , with two barometers standing each at 30 inches. One of these instruments, as well as a thermometer, was furnished by Mr. Rush, constructed on the most accurate principles, and made expressly for the purpose by Mr. Jones, optician, of Charing-cross. The thermometer stood at 66 degrees of Fahrenheit. During our ascent the barometer and thermo meter, at our different elevations, varied thus : BAROMETER. 30 inches. 23 THERMOMETER. 66 degrees. 66 53 --- 46 42 39 -- 35 25 Greatest al- } 14.70 tude 25 - " On our first rising from the Gardens we took a north westerly direction, and continued that course until we arrived overVauxhall-bridge, when we were at an elevation of 2,500 ft. The line then changed to the north, and shortly after to north east. All the time we were passing over the metropolis we discharged ballast, and rose in proportion. We then pursued our journey, passing over Dalston, Lea-bridge, and Epping, in which direction we continued with but little variation, leav ing Dnnmow, in Essex, on our left. At this period we had attained our greatest altitude—namely, 19,335 fect, or 3i miles and 855 feet. It was now that for the first time our view of the earth was intercepted by a stratum of cloud which was appare❑tly somewhere about 6,000 feet below us. In consequence of the vast quantity of ballast that we continued to discharge after having cleared the metropolis our ascent became very rapid, and from the great expansion of the inflat ing power, the gas rushed out from the lower valve in consi derable torrents. The velocity of our upward progress caused the balloon and car to rotate in a spiral motion on its axis with astonishing rapidity. ( A similar operation takes place, al though not to so great an extent, on all occasions of a rapid ascent or descent.) During our ascension we, at different periods, threw overboard about 1,2001 b. of ballast, reserving only 10016. by which to regulate our descent. " Prior to commencing our descnt, Mr. Rush, our wine glasses being purposely charged, proposed the health of our most Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria. The toast was drunk with great fervour and sincerity, and we followed it by raising three cheers and one cheer more' in honour of the deed. \Ve lost no time in drinking the health of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who gave birth to our Gracious Queen.' Mr. Rush then once more rose, and proposed the health of 'the greatest Commander on earth, his Grace the Duke of Wellington.' This toast, like it predecessors, was responded to with alacrity, and was accompanied with the usual honours. Having re-deposited our bottle and glasses, we discovered that the balloon was descending. Our course then veerel to the north over Thaxtcd. \Ve were now un der the influence of the same current as that which governed our progress immediately on quitting terra firma, and the balloon was propelled over Debden, where we effected our descent, at five minutes after sight o'clock, hating accom plished the voyage in one hour and thirty minutes. We reached the earth in a field near Rowney-wood, in the parish of Debden, a distance of forty-seven miles from Vauxhall gardens, three miles south of SAffron Walden, and only five miles from the residence of our fellow voyager, Mr. Rush, to whose house we at once proceeded, and after having partaken of his hospitality, passed the night. " It will be perceived by the table I have given above that at our greatest altitude the mercury in the barometer had fallen to 14 inches 70, giving an elevation of 19,335 feet. Since my arrival in Lo❑don the matter has undergone a calcu lation by Mr. Jones the optician, from which the following roe- sults have been arrived at Barometer at starting► 3O. Thermometer 66. Ditto at greatest elevation 14. 70 Ditto .. ... 25. " Approximate feet 18,826 " Allowance for temperature 1509 " Total elevation. or three miles and three.quarters miaus 465 feet. " During our descent, when at 1,200 feet from the earth, we encountered a heavy fall of snow, which lasted for half an hour, accompanied with a sudden and very great reducti on of temperature, the thermometer droppi▪ ng to 22 degrees, or 10 degrees below freezing point. The mercury in the baromet er at this moment had risen to 19 in. By a comparison of this state of the two glasses with that whi▪ ch they presented as we went up, it will be seen that at the same elevation, whilst the barometer was at 19, and thermometer at 46, the former re tained its position, but the latter hail fallen t o 22, tbereby showing a reduction of temperature in the course of one hour, at the same elevation, of 24 degrees. I ment i on th i s circum stance for the purpose of directing the attention of the scien tific world to those local and sudd en c h anges of temperature which in the course of my numerous ascents I have often ex perienced. , " I have further to observe, that although the air near the earth was in a tranquil stat e , th e current by which the balloon was principally operated up on ( name l y, south b y west) must have been moving at the rate of at least 60 miles an hour ; for, notwithstanding the rapidity of our ascent and descent, which necessarily formed a powerful resistance to this hori zontal current, we travelled at an average speed of 30 miles per hour. " When at an elevation of 15 000 feet, we discerned in the south-east an extremely vivid flash of lightning. " With ref:'rence to the fact of there being a supposed natu ral difficulty of respiration at greet altitudes above the earth's surface, as mentioned in the works of Humboldt and other celebrated travellers, by whom it has been painfully expe rienced in their ascents of high mountains, I am inclined, from the circumstance of an opposite result having been pro duced upon ourselves on this occasion, to imagine that the fatigue and depression of the muscular piwers produced by the acccomplishment of their journey, must alone have led to such an end. Mr. Rush, Mr. Spencer, and myself, at no mo ment, even when at our greatest elevation, laboured under the slightest inconvenience in respect to a difficulty of respiration. We breathed with the utmost ease, and as freely as when walking on the earth's surface." The Marquis of Clanricarde. accompanied by Lord Dunkellin, has left Leamington Spa, for the family estates in Ireland. The Marchioness of Clanricarde returned to town on Wednesday, from Leamington Spa. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness embark at Sheerness the first week in next month on board her Majesty's ship Pique, for Cronstadt. SPAIN. MADRID, Aro. 29.—The Minist, rial crizia has made its; second appearance under graver spnptoms than the first, The consequences and effects of the Morelia fever begin to show themselves. Count Ofalia, whom I make it a point to have cleeelyobserved, was last n i g h t extreme l y d e j ecte d , ab sent, and ,Illeinelined to conversation, after having received the oral report of t v aq head of his secret police, an institution of his own. It is also said, that immediately after the arrival of the intelligence of rais:."C the siege of Morella, M. Mon sent for Messrs. Rothschild's agent, Mr. amiel Wcissweiler, and signed the Almaden Mine contract, which he had only the day before refused in the followi.N, if true, inconceivably disadvantageous manner—namely, for an advance of 50,000,000 of reels, thirty-five of which are payable 11: six months in cash, and fifteen in libranzas, i. e., protested GeNernments bills, worth forty per cent. only in the money-market; thus these 15,000,000 would be equal only to 6,000,000 in C.. 101. The quicksilver to be taken at sixty dollars per quintal--an ads ..auce of b dollars on the last contract, more than counter balanced by the increased value of quicksilver in South America. Thus Ai. Mon's new contract would not—lst, relieve the distless of the Treasury beyond the 6,000,000 (cash) worth libranzas;of 2d, would render the loan almost impossible; 3d, be more onerous to Spain, and more favourable to the contractor than Toteno's reneveed and prolonged contract of 1835, which the Constituent Cortes rejected and pro nounced invalid last year, under the brief administration of M. Bardaji and Seixas; nay, no motive could be imagined to have induced M. Mon to conclude it at all, save his anxiety to secure to Count Toreno the bribe of 4,000,000 he ic re ported to have bargained for with Messrs. Rothschild to pro cure them the preference. But even that presupposes the sanc tion of the Cortes, which cannot be given till their next meeting. General Latre, I hear, started early yesterday morning, but was o y - ertaken by a Cabinet courier, ordering him back to Ma drid, where L arrived late last night, and th a t ano th er cou rier was sent tO f, T ,:rvaez, it is supposed, with di rec ti ons f or him to supersede Oran. received , of Cabrera having, i with Yesterday intelligence wit; aleia ; in the cityitself ed imminent danger.lB battalions, invaded the Huey.,' of Gazette of this day, being destitute of troops, was consine7 not given any This is an answer to the silly boast of the that the raising of the siege of Morella te moral force to the Carlists. Cabrera has take.: with him th© flower of his forces, and left Merino, Llangcaa:,^ra, and the skulkers behind. His march has been so rapid, that though he did not set out from Morella till the 20th, he was on the 23d already before Valencia, robbing abore 100 horses, and squeezing 1,500 dollars out of the single village of Puzzos. At Murviedro the small garrison got under arms, and alarm guns were fired from the fortress. The Diario de Valencia of the 25th informs us, that when the rebels entered Cuarte, an English ship of war had just anchored, the Commander of which offered all the protection his crew could afford, which the second in command requested to be given ;o the town of Grao, and the property there deposited. The enemy made -o stay at Cuarte, but marched on to Silla and the Rivera. Every Precaution was taken for the safety of the city cr Va lencia. nis invasion, one of the immediate effects of the might have b een an ti c i pate d f rom so act i ve Morella calamity' s m a Chief as Cabrera, mid may extend to the provinces of Cuenca sod La Mancha. It te'as no doubt in consequence of the dispatches from Valencia !bat General Latre was recalled, and a Cabinet courier sent is? Narvaez, whom I saw leave Madrid yesterday evening at six o'clock. I have seen a letter from Logrono, of the 24th, stating that Espartero meant to attack Estella, and after succeeding there to march to Madrid and settle the Ministry, but that at night on the 23d, he received a letter from the Queen, announcing the 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 she had sent him, and flattering his vanity so much that it was expected he would forego the Madrid journey. The Bourse was only worse than yesterday, there being a single cash transaction at 181. Another version of the Almaden contract says, that Roths child is to pay 25,000,000 in five months by monthly instal ments of 5,000,000 each ; that 10,000,000 are to be retained for the working of the mines, and the other 15,000,000 to be paid in libranzas, that would cost but 6,000,000.... Times. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, SEPT. I.—The Russians still continue " the beats and boars" of the day in the south of Germany. The Bavarian Papers especially are full of the exterior part of their exploits, and of the different agreeable modes in which the Czar " surprises" his lady and others, in order to be surprised in return, for " surprise" there must be wherever Nicholas makes his appearance. The wretched town of Kreuth and its environs, now the hotbed of intrigues, would, by the ac counts of the " good Press," almost appear a sort of modew Arcadia, where the gods are sojourning to shower down their costly favours upon the lucky mortals who cannot offer too much incense and adoration. That their Russian Majesties are completely worshipped, not only by those well-paid writers, but also by a host of other people of all ranks, hardly can be doubted, but the reason is easily to be found in the quantity of ducats, rings, snuff-boxes, and trinkets of all kinds, orders, stars, S:c. &c., that are scattered about by them. Intrigues are uncommonly busy, and their suc cess, I fear, will be greater than at first was imagined. How much there may bo true of these rumours I will not take upon myself to say; but that the stay of the Russians in Mu nich, and the ground they visibly are gaining there, forebode a still greater decline of the independence of th; , German States, everybody must perceive. The two Grand DuZ'hesses Maria and Olga arc already on their route from Petersburg to Berlin ; and though their hearts surely will remain in the Emperor's Cabinet, their hands probably will soon be fastened upon German, if not Bavarian Princes. For the Bavarian army no less than eight Russian orders are said to be in readi ness for distribution at the ensuing field exercises near Augs burg, where, by the end of this week, about 18,000 troops will be assembled and encamp for a fortnight. Nicholas, of course, is to be there, and so is his brother-in-law, the Crown Prince of Prussia, with sundry other personages, who partly havo already arrived in Bavaria. What has been agreed upon at Toplitz with regard to the Belgian question does not yet ap pear clearly ; s till I must attract your not i ce to th e f ac t, th a t within . the l as t f ew wee k s, i n severa l o f t h e G erman papers , King William's policy and the Dutch pretensions are pretty sharply attacked, while the cause of the Belgians is more than indirectly advocated even in the semi-official Munich Gazette, and a couple of Rhenish Papers under Prussian censorship. This is a circumstance which ought not to be lost sight of, though it , may , to the l ess i n f ormed appear o f li tt l e consequence. Indeed, Cserreany, especially its whole west, has no reason whatever to complain of the Belgians; on the contrary, we feel ourselves much indebted to them for having in a great manner put an end to the oppressive Dutch monopoly on the Lower Rhine, and opened to us the sea, which the Nether lands Government never would have done voluntarily. Our commercial intercourse with Belgium has greatly improved and extended our trade, which, until 1830, was lamentably kept down by various Dutch measures, and more especially by the want of a free p:ssage to the sea. Public opinion begins to express itself pretty plainly on the subject, and the longer the status quo continues the safer Luxemburg will ultimately be to the Belgians. If the Prussinns, as it would seem, insti gat d by religious fanaticism, are attempting separate bargains with Holland, the same as formerly they betrayed Germany by a separate peace with France at Basle, the consequence will s,iil be upon their heads.-11forning Chronicle. SWITZERLAND LUCERNE, SEPT, 2. —The following is copy of the despatch of Count Mole, communicated to the President of the Diet is the audience which M. de Montebello had on the 18th of August last : " THE DUC DE MONTEBELLO, A BERNE. " M. le Duc,—l have at present under my eyes your de spatches of the sth and 10th of August, and I have read atten tively all the details which they contain concerning the sitting of the Diet in which was discussed the note which you pre sented in the name of France to obtain the expulsion of Louis Bonaparte. " I shall ma'ze no observation upon tl.e violence of the speeches pronounce], nor up n the manner in which some orators have spoken of France and of its alliance. France is too conscious of is own power and dignity not to disdain a language which Switzerland 12 frs.elf, doubties', would be far from uttering. But you will repeat to the Vorort that it is des . red here to know does Switzerland prc tend, under the cloak of hospitality, that she can receive within her bosom, and encourage with her protection, intrigues and intentions openly avowed, which have for their object to disturb the repose of a neighbouring State ? Where is the man of good faith who will admit that Louis Bonaparte is a naturalized Swiss, a citizen of Thurgovia, while he pretends at the same time to reign in France? Has Switzerland the right to allow enterprises to be formed in her territories, which, al though devoid of all serious chance of success, may have for effect, as in the month of October, 1836, that of causing a great political scandal, and of exciting some enthusiasts or dupes? It is impossible that the public good sense should rot do justice in Switzerland, as elsewh , Te, to the argument that they oppose to us, founded on the rights of citizenship granted to Louis Bonaparte by the canton of Thurgovia. Has Louis Bonaparte observed the condition required by the 25th articl3 of the Constitution of that canton? Has he renounced France, his former country? If he has done so, how are all his most recent acts and conduct to be explained,—the pamphlet of Laity. the mission he bad given to Laity, and the letter found at the house of that person ? " Would it not be trifling with all truth for him to call him self by-turns, according to circumstances, Swiss or French— French to attempt to disturb the repose and the happiness of France —Swiss to ereserve the asylum which, failed in his culpable attempt, is accorded to him, to enabl e him to concoct his new intrigues, and to prepare for new ha be forts ? Louis Bonaparte has sufficiently w. Il 13' 17,(1 thatt t ha t the was not accessible to any sentiment of gratitu, after having I • would but confirm him in his blindness, and embolden urn to most extreme patience on the part of the Fren ch Government r t e o po li s ee a lf nd no sh l a o l n i g r e , r fu t 9 o o engage in new plots. her , r Lion the in trigueswNsoallOt • • t ,le a • w w itz l e i r . la i n ) d u will declare to the Vorort , of Arenenberg. Ye should take . part with contrary to all expectation, Switzerland him who compromises so deeply her Bonaparte, that you are ordered to demand to expel Louis D to uc c , o l ;:a ra te n u c a e ne ° l o w e r s by 3 our pa soon sPnrts. ~ A s as this despatch shall reach you, you will lay it before AI. L'Avoyer Copp, and you will allow him to copy it, if you shall think proper. Nevertheless, you will not quit M. Kopp until you have once more assured him that France, strong in her right and the justice of her demand, will resort to all the means which she possesses to obtain from Switzer land a :atisfaction which no consideration can ever cause her to forego. ._ " Accept, M. le Due, the assurance of my high considera- ,1- mo." fie bu e. Ina I g.. pave ;en cent t he the had env are uilt to -01, the ,fter 01 1%,, le" r ee• elf iitle 4( l ' 41; i